Consent for organ retrieval cannot be presumed

HEC Forum

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-106

  Collins, Mike ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; ORGAN; ORGAN DONOR; PATERNALISM; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN DEATH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PRESUMED CONSENT; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62149146117     PISSN: 09562737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10730-009-9088-7     Document Type: Review

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